After living a “decent” life on earth came to an end. The first thing I remember was sitting on a bench in the waiting room of what I thought to be a court room. The doors opened and I was instructed to come in and have a seat by the defence table. As I looked around I saw the prosecutor. He was a villainous looking agent who snarled as he stared at me. He definitely was the most evil person I have ever seen. I sat down and looked at my left and there sat my lawyer, a kind and gentle looking man whose appearance seemed very familiar to me. The door flew opened and there appeared the judge in full flowing robes. He commanded an awesome presence as he moved across the room and I couldn’t take my eyes off him. As he took his seat behind the bench, he said “let us begin.”

The prosecutor rose and said “My name is Satan and I am here to show you why this man belongs to hell.” He proceeded to tell of lies that I told, things that I stole and in the past when I cheated others. Satan told of the horrible perversions that were once in my life and the more he spoke the further down I sank in my seat. I was so embarrassed that I couldn’t look at anyone, not even my own lawyer, as the Devil told of sins that even I have completely forgotten about. As upset as I was at Satan for saying all those things about me, I was equally upset with my representative who sat there silently not offering any form of defence at all. I know I had been guilty of those things but I had done some good in my life. Couldn’t that at least offset part of the harm I have done? Satan finished with fury and said “This man belongs to hell, he is guilty of all that I have charged and there is not a person who can prove otherwise. Justice will finally be served this day.”

When it was his turn, my lawyer first asked if he might approach the bench. The allowed this over the strong objection of Satan, and beckoned him to come forward. Alas, this was Jesus Christ representing me, lord and Saviour. He stopped at the bench and softly said to the judge “Hi Dad” and then he turned to address the court. “Satan was correct in saying that this man had sinned, I won’t deny any of these allegations. And, yes the wages of sin is death and this man deserves to be punished.” Jesus then took a deep breath and turned to his father, the judge, with outstretched arms and proclaimed, “However, I died on the cross so that this person might have eternal life and he accepted me as his saviour, so he is mine. My lord, his name is written in the book of life and no one can snatch him from me.” Satan still does not understand that this man is not to be given justice but rather mercy. As Jesus sat down, He paused, looked at his father and said, “There is nothing else to be done, I’ve done all.” The judge lifted his might hand and slammed the gavel down and the following words bellowed from his lips “This man is free. The penalty for him has been paid in full, case dismissed.” As my lord led me away I could hear Satan ranting and raving “I won’t give up, I will win the next one.” I asked Jesus as he gave the instructions where to go next, “Have you ever lost a case?” Christ lovingly smiled and said “Everyone that has come to me and ask me to represent him or her has received the same verdict as you- Paid in Full. Oh what a blessing! IF God be for us who can be against us?